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HOUSE BILL 270
C2, E4 (2lr1400)
ENROLLED BILL
— Economic Matters/Finance —
Introduced by Delegates Ebersole, Palakovich Carr, Patterson, and Ruth
Read and Examined by Proofreaders:
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Proofreader.
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Proofreader.
Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this
_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.
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Speaker.
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Business Regulation – Innkeepers – Maintenance of Guest Records and 2
Employee Human Trafficking Awareness Training and Policy 3
FOR the purpose of requiring innkeepers to establish and maintain a certain 4
record–keeping system for guest transactions and receipts; requiring the Governor’s 5
Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services and the Maryland 6
Department of Labor to approve certain training programs regarding human 7
trafficking; requiring innkeepers to take certain actions to provide employees with 8
training on the prevention, identification, and reporting of human trafficking; and 9
generally relating to innkeepers and human trafficking. 10
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 11
Article – Business Regulation 12
Section 15–201 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14 2 HOUSE BILL 270
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 1
BY adding to 2
Article – Business Regulation 3
Section 15–209 and 15–210 4
Annotated Code of Maryland 5
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 6
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 8
Article – Business Regulation 9
15–201. 10
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 11
(b) “Innkeeper” means the owner, operator, manager, or keeper of a lodging 12
establishment, or the agent of an owner, operator, manager, or keeper of a lodging 13
establishment. 14
(c) “Lodging establishment” means an inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment 15
that has at least four rooms available for a fee to transient guests for lodging or sleeping 16
purposes. 17
15–209. 18
(A) AN INNKEEPER SHALL ES TABLISH AND MAINTAIN A COMPUTERIZED 19
RECORD–KEEPING SYSTEM OF AL L GUEST TRANSACTIONS AND RECEIPTS. 20
(B) A RECORD MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION SHALL BE 21
RETAINED BY THE INNK EEPER FOR NOT LESS T HAN 6 MONTHS AFTER THE DAT E OF 22
THE CREATION OF THE RECORD. 23
15–210. 24
(A) (1) THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION, YOUTH, AND 25
VICTIM SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPR OVE EDUCATIONAL 26
TRAINING PROGRAMS FO R THE ACCURATE AND P ROMPT IDENTIFICATION AND 27
REPORTING OF SUSPECT ED HUMAN TRAFFICKING . 28
(2) A TRAINING PROGRAM APP ROVED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION 29
MUST INCLUDE A VIDEO PRESENTATION THAT : 30
(I) DEFINES: 31
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1. EXPLOITATION OF A CH ILD; AND 1
2. HUMAN TRAFFICKING ; AND 2
(II) OFFERS GUIDANCE TO E MPLOYEES OF INNKEEPE RS ON: 3
1. RECOGNIZING POTENTIA L VICTIMS OF HUMAN 4
TRAFFICKING; 5
2. THE DIFFERENCES BETW EEN LABOR AND SEX 6
TRAFFICKING THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE HOTE L INDUSTRY; 7
3. ACTIVITIES COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH HUMA N 8
TRAFFICKING; AND 9
4. THE ROLE OF EMPLOYEE S IN REPORTING AND 10
RESPONDING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 11
(B) (1) AN INNKEEPER SHALL PR OVIDE A NEW EMPLOYEE OF THE 12
LODGING ESTABLISHMEN T WITH THE ANNUAL TR AINING DESCRIBED IN 13
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION WITH IN 45 90 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE 14
EMPLOYEE IS HIRED . 15
(2) (I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS 16
PARAGRAPH , ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2023, AND EACH OCTOBER 1 17
THEREAFTER , AN INNKEEPER SHALL C ERTIFY TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT ALL 18
EMPLOYEES OF THE LOD GING ESTABLISHMENT H AVE RECEIVED THE ANN UAL 19
TRAINING PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION. 20
(II) THE REQUIREMENT UNDE R THIS PARAGRAPH DOE S NOT 21
APPLY TO AN EMPLOYEE FOR WHOM FEWER THAN 45 90 DAYS HAVE ELAPSED SI NCE 22
THE DATE THE EMPLOYE E WAS HIRED. 23
(C) AN INNKEEPER SHALL : 24
(1) ESTABLISH A PROCEDUR E FOR REPORTING POTE NTIAL 25
INSTANCES OF HUMAN T RAFFICKING BY: 26
(I) AN EMPLOYEE TO THE INNKE EPER; OR 27
(II) THE INNKEEPER TO THE: 28
1. LAW ENFORCEMENT ; OR 29
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2. THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE 1
CENTER HOTLINE; AND 2
3. THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF CRIME PREVENTION, 3
YOUTH, AND VICTIM SERVICES; 4
(2) DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A HUMAN TR AFFICKING PREVENTION 5
POLICY FOR THE INNKE EPER’S EMPLOYEES THAT INC LUDES HOW TO : 6
(I) RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRA FFICKING; 7
(II) RESPOND TO AN INDIVI DUAL WHO MAY BE OR I S A VICTIM OF 8
HUMAN TRAFFICKING ; AND 9
(III) CONNECT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO MAY BE OR IS A V ICTIM OF 10
HUMAN TRAFFICKING WI TH ANY AVAILABLE RES OURCES; AND 11
(3) POST PROMINENTLY THE SIGN DEVELOPED BY TH E DEPARTMENT 12
UNDER § 15–207 OF THIS SUBTITLE IN A LOCATION CONSPICUO US TO THE 13
INNKEEPER’S EMPLOYEES. 14
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15
October 1, 2022. 16
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.